Arrr we won't a-see the likes of those again, they be great an all and we are not just maudlin because they was a long time ago's when we was younger n had more hope.
Lady Connolly was in her late 20s before she ever saw Britain. I can't say I had a crush on her, I'd say I had a healthy lust for a smart, eminently fuckable bird.
Love how this show just plays straight up bluegrass over a sketch. Guys, it's a legitimate highly technical artform. Not a soundtrack for slapstick. 🤣 Brits shade for America knows no bounds
I'm Portuguese and from a different generation and I get it. Probably not the same "it" a brit from then would get, but there is a degree of overlapping cultural refereciality.
Saw a sweedish guy comment that he enjoys learning about the British culture and he probably understood the jokes after learning why they were funny. He obviously kept watching. So there's kindof an answer
Mel goes into the toilet. He does a large shit, which falls out of the plane and is caught by the cricket player in the following scene. That is the joke.
@@johnking5174 Ah thank you - i didn't even connect it to the cricket clip! I can hear the flushing sound effect over the top of it now but it could have been a bit louder in the mix.
Firstly, you clearly weren't alive at the time. 'Ted Heath might be gay' was a common joke but there's no actual evidence. Secondly, you might like to read the news. The accusations of child abuse have been conclusively debunked and the guy who invented it all is on trial for perverting the course of justice.
These were the days when you could offend anyone with shear comedy be you black, white, asian or american. Politician or pleb (both are quite similar). Comedy has died.
We are in a new age of suppression . The 18th century was awash with dirty jokes and accusations about the Church, the Prince Regent, Politicians downwards. They were all ridiculed excessively, by the likes of Gilray and Dryden etc. It will rise again, it's only natural.
In the early 80s they canceled all the 70s comedians and brought this lot on. We all thought they were edgy and cool but looking at it now they were all mean spirited and arrogant while the people they replaced were much softer and nicer.
WHAT????!!!!! This is just such a ridiculous take. I'm sorry but to think your side was kind and these guys were mean means you must be an extremely unintelligent person. And then to say this in 2023 as if that's a remotely sane thing to say???? NTNON gang were lovely and many 70s comedians were stale, privileged, boring and as white as culturally privileged. The fact that you couldn't even keep up with the 80s means you're likely half a century behind today. Backwards Oh and no one specific "cancelled" those people. Life moved on and left pathetic losers behind
The 70s were an era of comedy with no bite, not an edge of satire, a complete loss of the 60s breed, replaced by mild mannered inoffensive drivel. These 'lot' were a return to witty, satirical comedy that was sorely missed
Pamela Stephenson was a horrid person who went right up herself….read what Mel Smith said about her. I can’t say the rest of the cast were considered mean spirited. This show was fantastic and I was too young to watch it when it first came out, (I was born in 1977), but I’ve watched every episode over the years and find them fantastic.
This was meant to be the new Monty Python.Unfortunately it looks dated and Monty Python who were doing comedy 10 years before this and still isnt dated.
The Edward Heath gag in the intro probably had the effect, a gender oppression and act of genocide against personal identity, of keeping men socially deterred from feeling able to make the personal cboice to paint their nails.
You weren't alive then, were you? The joke reflects society's attitudes. I think the roving gangs of gay-bashing skinheads probably did more to deter them.
Priceless comedy, let it never be forgotten ! :-)
22 minutes of pure comedy without a single F word. Those were the days.
Arrr we won't a-see the likes of those again, they be great an all and we are not just maudlin because they was a long time ago's when we was younger n had more hope.
Needless swearing is fucking stupid. What does it fucking add to anything. Full all, that's what it adds fuck all!
Too fucking right!
LOL. Some people are saying this is too crass, this dude thinks it's too tame. Both never actually understood much of it! Old Whiners are so pathetic.
Wow! They were amazing! Great time in pure comedy! Fantastic!
A friend in Bath told me of this comedy. It's pretty funny. I also watch the Thin Blue Line and Fawlty Towers
This was really a marvelous show !
Game for a laugh is brutal 😂😂 I've not seen this one of theirs before hahaha
Rowan probably thinking “hmm me being a spy. Now that could be a good movie idea” lol
Or being a Russian's boyfriend hmmm now that's the story to tell.....
Hence the never ending love story.....
Mr Atkinson or sir Rowan Atkinson. Or queen Rowan atkinson Windsor the first. Have they died or ?
Not the Nine O’clock News.
Classic, timeless, comedy, when our tv shows could say anything and no one got offended. Bring back those days.
I say, the Altered Images parody was spot on! 😅
God. Gregories Girl. Altered Images! Would still make a good band name today.
Ahh so that's who it was parodying, hadn't heard of them.
Pamela Stephenson. Probably Britain's most beautiful comedian. Billy Connelly probably Scotland's luckiest comedian! Sadly yes, I am that old! Lol
Yes, we judge women by their looks mate
Lady Connolly was in her late 20s before she ever saw Britain. I can't say I had a crush on her, I'd say I had a healthy lust for a smart, eminently fuckable bird.
Had a few good laughs!
18:51 i almost shat myself because of this. Rowan's delivery was perfect.
6:50 that must've been an inspiration for Monty Python sketch ^^
Actually, Monty Python was before this.
Love how this show just plays straight up bluegrass over a sketch. Guys, it's a legitimate highly technical artform. Not a soundtrack for slapstick. 🤣 Brits shade for America knows no bounds
The English 👍🥴😆!!❤
I love that typical British snobbery... chewing on nothing before he starts to talk
7.03
@vunderground1 7:04
@vunderground1 never mind old pal
This was during the peak of Reagan's Contras affair.
I wonder how much of this the Swedes got, most of it refers to entirely British cultural phenomena.
I'm Portuguese and from a different generation and I get it. Probably not the same "it" a brit from then would get, but there is a degree of overlapping cultural refereciality.
Saw a sweedish guy comment that he enjoys learning about the British culture and he probably understood the jokes after learning why they were funny. He obviously kept watching. So there's kindof an answer
The Muppet Show joke hurts given Chris Langham had guested on it... and Griff Rhys-Jones took his place in this show after Langham was let go
15:22 LOL
i remember seeing the game for a laugh sketch when i was about 5 or 6 and it really fucked with my head tbh
my parents let me stay up late i guess.
It's a pretty violent sketch. I would've never seen this as a kid. But as an adult it's hilarious
What’s that groovy synthesiser music called at the end?
Altered Images
@@Rythsi300 As in the new wave band?
18:30 Robbie (John Alford) from Grange Hill.
Yo goodies. Kepp me and I suppose all of us 🦎
Worst impression of Jeremy Beadle ever! Both of Mel's hands were the same size!! 😉
Can someone explain the airplane toilet sketch? Even the audience didn't seem to get it.
Mel goes into the toilet. He does a large shit, which falls out of the plane and is caught by the cricket player in the following scene. That is the joke.
@@johnking5174 Ah thank you - i didn't even connect it to the cricket clip! I can hear the flushing sound effect over the top of it now but it could have been a bit louder in the mix.
Anyone spot a young Robbie from Grange Hill (John Alford)?
9:30, hilarious.
Edward Heath painting his nails. So that much was known at the time! I wonder if his child abuse was known too?
Firstly, you clearly weren't alive at the time. 'Ted Heath might be gay' was a common joke but there's no actual evidence.
Secondly, you might like to read the news. The accusations of child abuse have been conclusively debunked and the guy who invented it all is on trial for perverting the course of justice.
@@LoneKharnivore if you believe
@@MrDaiseymay I really hope you and the frigging likes of you get heavily accused of the same.
These were the days when you could offend anyone with shear comedy be you black, white, asian or american. Politician or pleb (both are quite similar). Comedy has died.
We are in a new age of suppression . The 18th century was awash with dirty jokes and accusations about the Church, the Prince Regent, Politicians downwards. They were all ridiculed excessively, by the likes of Gilray and Dryden etc. It will rise again, it's only natural.
Too many snowflakes today
How very worse it is now....
3:15
✌️🥸💥🌀🌀👍
We wil See God D
I didn't get the first joke 😣
Some or all of the Cambridge spies were gay.
Google ‘Guy Burgess and the Cambridge 5’
In the early 80s they canceled all the 70s comedians and brought this lot on. We all thought they were edgy and cool but looking at it now they were all mean spirited and arrogant while the people they replaced were much softer and nicer.
WHAT????!!!!! This is just such a ridiculous take. I'm sorry but to think your side was kind and these guys were mean means you must be an extremely unintelligent person. And then to say this in 2023 as if that's a remotely sane thing to say????
NTNON gang were lovely and many 70s comedians were stale, privileged, boring and as white as culturally privileged.
The fact that you couldn't even keep up with the 80s means you're likely half a century behind today.
Backwards
Oh and no one specific "cancelled" those people. Life moved on and left pathetic losers behind
What a load of rubbish...but ok , that's your opinion
The 70s were an era of comedy with no bite, not an edge of satire, a complete loss of the 60s breed, replaced by mild mannered inoffensive drivel. These 'lot' were a return to witty, satirical comedy that was sorely missed
@@garchompenthusiast Glad you agree with me.
Pamela Stephenson was a horrid person who went right up herself….read what Mel Smith said about her. I can’t say the rest of the cast were considered mean spirited. This show was fantastic and I was too young to watch it when it first came out, (I was born in 1977), but I’ve watched every episode over the years and find them fantastic.
This was meant to be the new Monty Python.Unfortunately it looks dated and Monty Python who were doing comedy 10 years before this and still isnt dated.
No they all went back to Russia.
So funny 40 years on !!!! RIP mel smith
The guy looks like mr bean
Just to let you know it isnt Mr Bean. Its actually Johnny English
Nass is messing with you. It is the same guy who played Mr Bean.
He's a British actor called Raymond Fowler.
Bollocks! It is a very young Rowan Atkinson.
His real name is Grytpype-thynne of squaddle-upon-sludge
Thoroughly a great guy. Became a mayor and eradicated sugar tax. We called him mayor Plummid ever since his wife wounded a dog, allegedly
The Edward Heath gag in the intro probably had the effect, a gender oppression and act of genocide against personal identity, of keeping men socially deterred from feeling able to make the personal cboice to paint their nails.
You weren't alive then, were you? The joke reflects society's attitudes. I think the roving gangs of gay-bashing skinheads probably did more to deter them.
@@LoneKharnivore
I think this comment's not entirely serious.
Little did we know that Heath was a NONCE
18:52 LOL
3:15
22:34 LOL